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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ minimal.

Adjective

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subminimal (not comparable)

  1. Below a minimal value.
    Hypernym: nonminimal
    Coordinate terms: submaximal, suboptimal; inadequate
    • 2011, Claudia Maienborn, Event Arguments: Foundations and Applications, page 328:
      The fact that event predicates that denote subminimal P-events need to obey even stricter contextual restrictions was derived on the basis of scalar inferences, plus the assumption that subminimal events never occur in their own right.

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